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Also Known As Bourgogne

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Burgundy
high-speed TGV
routes of barbarian invasions of Europe
Cluny: belfry tower
Philip III
Mary of Burgundy
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Major Events

Treaty of Cambrai
Battle of Morat

Related Places

Saône-et-Loire
department, France
Côte-d’Or
department, France
Nièvre
department, France
Dijon
Bourgogne–Franche-Comté
region, France

Key People

St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
Charles the Bold
Charles
duke of Burgundy
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
pope
Pippin III
Pippin III
king of the Franks
Philip III
Philip III
duke of Burgundy
John, duke of Burgundy
John
duke of Burgundy
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret
French botanist and explorer
Adso of Montier-en-Der
Benedictine monk and abbot
Brunhild
queen of Austrasia
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
English soldier and diplomat
Philip II
Philip II
duke of Burgundy
Commynes, portrait drawing by Jacques Le Bouco, 16th century; in the Municipal Library Arras, Fr.
Philippe de Commynes
French statesman
Barante, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de
Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante
French statesman, historian, and author
Guntram
king of Burgundy
Louis II
count of Flanders
Rudolf
king of France
Chastellain, Georges
Georges Chastellain
Burgundian author
Gundobad
king of Burgundy
Rudolf II
king of Burgundy
La Marche, detail of an engraving
Olivier de La Marche
Burgundian author